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Demographic and Health Survey 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 2012
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Reference ID
NER_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Institut National de la Statistique (INS), Ministère des Finances [Niger] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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How fistula is contracted: Delivery at home without assistance (C_FSHOWHOME)

Data file: NER2012-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1049
End: 1049
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1108) In your opinion, how does one get this illness?
PROBE: Anything else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED

A WITCHCRAFT OR MYSTICAL ENCHANTMENT
B BAD DESTINY/FATALIST
C TOO YOUNG TO GIVE BIRTH
D TOO OLD TO GIVE BIRTH
E TOO THIN FOR PREGNANCY
F TOO MANY SUCCESSIVE DELIVERIES
G FREQUENT ILLNESS DURING PREGNANCY
H DELIVERY OF LARGE BABY
I HOME DELIVERY WITHOUT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
J LONG LABOR
K UP TO GOD
X OTHERS (SPECIFY)
Y DON'T KNOW
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (Not in universe)
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
FSHOWHOME indicates whether the woman reported "delivery at home without medical assistance" in response to an open-ended question about how fistula is contracted.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about fistula Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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